| Captain Future | |
|---|---|
 Startling Comics #10 (Sep. 1941), art byKin Platt. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Nedor Comics |
| First appearance | Startling Comics #1 (June 1940) |
| Created by | Kin Platt |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Andrew Bryant |
| Abilities | Superhuman strength Flight Energy bolt projection |
Captain Future is a fictionalsuperhero character (not to be confused withthe pulp magazine character of the same name) who first appeared inStartling Comics #1 (June 1940) fromNedor Comics.[1]
Captain Future appeared in issues #1-40 ofStartling Comics (June 1940 - July 1946).[2] He also appeared in several issues ofAmerica's Best Comics.[3]
In 2003, he appeared inAC Comics'Sentinels of America #1, along withBlack Terror,Miss Masque,Fighting Yank, and TheScarab. In 2004 he appeared inTerra Obscura, Volume Two.
In 2008, Captain Future appeared in flashbacks inDynamite Entertainment's miniseriesProject Superpowers; in the one-shotProject Superpowers: Chapter Two Prelude, it was stated that he would appear in future issues in this line.
In 1940,scientist Andrew Bryant discovers that bathing himself in a combination ofgamma andinfrared rays will grant him superpowers. He uses these powers to fight crime, with the help of hisdetective girlfriend, Grace Adams of the Agatha Detective Agency.[4] While "powered up" Bryant is super-strong, can fly and hurl bolts of energy from his hands. Strong blows to the head, however, can render him unconscious, and he must frequently use his radiation machine to recharge his powers.[5]
According toJess Nevins' Encyclopedia of Golden Age Superheroes, "his enemies vary from German ("Nazonians") and Japanese agents to Dr. Allirog, aMoreau-like mad scientist who creates "fiendish monsters" and who transplanted his brain into the body of a bear with the head, hands and feet of a gorilla, to Dr. Bio, who creates horse-sized tarantulas with human faces, tokaiju-sized alligators".[6]
At some point afterWorld War II, Captain Future was trapped in the mystical Urn of Pandora by the misguidedFighting Yank, along with dozens of other heroes. Decades later, the Urn was broken and the heroes were freed.
In the second volume of Project Superpowers, it is revealed that Captain Future was actually the Greek god Zeus all along.
After bathing himself in gamma and infrared rays, Captain Future gained superhuman strength, flight, and the ability to project energy bolts through his hands, although his powers are only temporary and he must expose himself to the radiation to recharge them.
